odyssey
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Arriving here was the latest step in Garcia's dozen-year odyssey out of Venezuela.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Among silver-screen romances, the Blake Lively-led odyssey across time, “The Age of Adaline,” isn’t exactly the most revered.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
After she was laid off from a soybean processing plant last year, Lynn Lee began a 16-month odyssey to find her way back to employment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
And it reminds us that there are still lands to discover on the odyssey that is quantum research.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Just getting to school for my first day of ninth grade was a whole new odyssey, involving ninety minutes of nerve-pummeling travel on two different city bus routes as well as a transfer downtown.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Desperate cinema buffs are going on real-life odysseys to secure seats in the first deluxe screenings—including showings at 7 a.m. and 3 a.m. on opening weekend for “The Odyssey” next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The international team of researchers were able to piece together the separate odysseys from photos of the whales' tails -- including some taken by amateur photographers on cruises -- captured decades apart.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
In person, she has a newfound ease and confidence that suggests her nocturnal odysseys paid off.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
But the eye reflex test, on its own, could clear the way to more expedient autism diagnosis for kids today, saving families from long diagnostic odysseys.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2024
The same which you had given Odysseus for we too endure our own odysseys.
From Rhyme and Reason; a Compilation of Verses, Rhymes and Senses by Dom
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